Hindi
Freida Pinto, Anurag Kashyap are co-producing partners in Trishna
Mumbai: Frieda Pinto, who shot to worldwide fame after the multi-Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire, has ventured into co-producing a film.
The other co-producing partners of Trishna are Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga and Sunil Bohra.
Directed by Michel Winterbottom, Trishna is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy‘s classic novel Tess of d‘Urbervilles.
The novel has been relocated to India and will follow the tragic relationship between Jay, the son of a property developer, and Trishna, the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner.
The film also stars British rapper Riz Ahmed, earlier seen in The Road To Guantanamo, Shifty and Four Lions.
Hindi
Rashmika Mandanna, Shanaya Kapoor and Naila Grrewal climb IMDb’s Indian celebrity rankings
Upcoming films and returning shows are driving fan interest across Bollywood and streaming
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s popularity contest has a new weekly scorecard, and the numbers are telling. IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list for this week places Shanaya Kapoor at number six, buoyed by buzz around her film Tu Yaa Main. Naila Grrewal slots in at seven on the back of the returning comedy series Maamla Legal Hai, while Rashmika Mandanna climbs to eighth, riding mounting anticipation for Cocktail 2.
The list, available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, tracks trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, drawing on data from more than 200m monthly visits to the platform worldwide.
Further down the rankings, Raaka is keeping two of its biggest names in the spotlight. Deepika Padukone holds 11th position, with Allu Arjun close behind at 13th, as the film continues to find traction with audiences.
The list offers fans a weekly pulse on who is breaking through, who is holding steady, and who is fading. It is a barometer as unsparing as the box office itself.
